Outside the Beltway

The Epstein fallout highlights differences in the US and UK systems.

It’s not what you think.

How party change actually works in the US. Plus more on messaging and organzing.

The reality is, I can’t say no.

What democratic backsliding looks like.

Elections, the states, and the presidency edition.

We are observing an effort to embed democratically questionable sectarian norms into the day-to-day life of federal workplaces. 

A breaking of the social contract.

Well, most of them.

Is the DOGE now on a leash?

Partisanship is more important than institutional autonomy.

It “literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.”

In which I agree with Trump about the problem, but NOT the solution

Who are you going to believe, the WSJ or your lying eyes?

Too much deference to the president, but the trial will continue.

I guess the attention is worth it?

A republic if you can keep it, indeed.

And the intuition that things aren’t really working.

When checks and balances aren’t enough.

Normalizing Trump via poor analysis.

The trend toward hard-right parties continues.

I know it when I see it.

How far should the government be able to go?

The former president faces multiple criminal prosecutions.

The New York Times looks into ties between a DC area law school and the Supreme Court.